What the records say
- When
- 18 Jan 1981
- Kind
- Fire
- Coordinates
- 51.48° N, 0.03° W
- Description
- 1981 fatal house fire
- Deaths
- 14
New Cross house fire
Unsolved 1981 house fire that killed thirteen people in south-east London
The New Cross house fire was a fire that occurred during a party at a house in New Cross, south-east London, in the early hours of Sunday, 18 January 1981. The blaze killed 13 young black people aged between 14 and 22, and one survivor killed himself two years later.
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